BOSTON Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, has died, family and friends said Sunday. She was 99. Asplund, who was 5 years old that night in 1912, lost ...
LONDON — When 2-month-old Millvina Dean arrived in New York with her mother and brother after surviving the Titanic sinking, city residents gave them a suitcase full of donated clothing to help ...
BOSTON — Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday. She was 99. Asplund, who was just 5 years old, lost her father ...
When John Stuart saw a newspaper article Monday about the death of the last Titanic survivor, his first thought was, “My gosh, I talked to her. I have her signature.” The retired Castle Rock history ...
NEW YORK -- The Titanic's last lunch menu, saved by a first-class passenger who climbed aboard a lifeboat whose crew was said to have been bribed to row away instead of rescue more people, sold at ...
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Lillian Gertrud Asplund lived a quiet life. She held down a job at a life insurance company, never married and had no children. Her only known survivors were two distant cousins.
When first-class passenger Col. Archibald Gracie boarded the Titanic in Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, he drafted a letter to a friend. "It is a fine ship," he wrote, "but I shall await my ...
Titanic enthusiasts around the world are in mourning. Millvina Dean, the last known survivor, has died at age 97. She died May 31st, ironically the 98th anniversary of the formal launching of Titanic.
"Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have pledged to help the last survivor of the sinking of the ocean liner. The stars say they have thrown their support behind a fund that would ...
While everyone knows the outcome of the Titanic and its devastating last day, no one knows for certain how its captain met his end. It remains one of the world's many great mysteries. However, author ...